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Good Scary Movies?
Dublo7
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Just wondering if you guys would be as gracious as to give me some suggestions on some decent scary movies?
I'm probably going to go hire a bunch later on.
Cheers.
I'm probably going to go hire a bunch later on.
Cheers.
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Actually, I always meant to watch that movie, but I never had the chance. Thanks for the reminder.
Also, I watched the Exorcist for the first time, several months ago. It made me laugh more than it scared me. Is that weird?
I was talking with a few mates last week and was telling them that it gave me the creeps really bad. I actually had a nightmare... As did someone else I know. It made them laugh because I spent so long telling them how good it was, then they found it at the video store and I was like, "Man, I'm not fucking watching that again".
Creepy.
Its also a good one for those moments where you think that some of the people in the movie are too stupid not to die...
Killer Clowns from Outer Space (i was 8 and we were watching it in the dark, in a thunderstorm)
The Descent (Midnight showing at an old theatre)
Signs (I really can't explain why this one scared me, it just freaked me out...)
Event Horizon (just plain scary)
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Limed for fucking scary.
Crazy truth. Dad decided to show this to me when I was like, 9. Fucked me up pretty bad.
The original version of The Haunting is pretty good for some classic horror. Rosemary's Baby, The Shining, The Fly, and Poltergeist are all fun. Jacob's Ladder is a must see. And even though it's not really "horror," you'll be pretty "horrifed" by the likes of Oldboy or even Audition.
And on the subject of the Exorcist: highly overated for scare factor. I watched it last year at a friends 16 birthday party, and I found it far more ridiculous/funny than scary.
Cannibal Holocaust is pretty scary.
But don't get if if you are sqeamish and/or you love animals.
Slow paced, but really good material is "BrainScan"
The Grudge (I heard there are two versions, I saw the one with Japanese and American Actors)
The Wishmaster
Master of Illusion
The Night of the Demons
The Fright Night
No, it's quite cheesy. Try to imagine what it must have been like when it was made, though. Especially with the blasphemy.
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That was damn awesome.
Obligatory Crocodile Dundee reference for the win in that movie.
Now for some of my favorites.
Most of the Halloween series
John Carpenter's Vampires
Feast
Dog Soldiers
I'm sure I can think of more. I watch way too many horror movies, but many of them are, as can be expected, terrible or frequently zombie horror-comedies.
I think it will need a big screen, watched in the dark, and good sound system to have the same effect it had on me in the movies...
Mentioned already, but Carpenter's The Thing: fuck yes
28 Days Later
Halloween
May (this film is... seriously fucked up, but it is genuinely scary)
The Shining
The Ring
Jacob's Ladder: overlooked flick from the early '90s with Tim Robbins. I found some of it extremely disturbing.
The Descent is absolutely brilliant--scary on multiple levels, has some good twists, and you end up genuinely caring about the characters. Highly recommended.
The original Alien is still pretty goddamn spooky
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Yeah, I was gonna add this one, too. It seems that this movie has more of a reputation than I thought.
Sorry you couldn't finish it Dublo7. The ending sealed the deal for me.
Prince of Darkness is damned scary to me, along with The Serpent and The Rainbow. There's just something about it that unnerves me with the utmost ease.
Night of the Hunter is also damned good as a thriller.
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The Descent, I thought, was fantastic. Know what the cool part was?
I liked the Thing although I only got scared at 2 parts of the film. Still really well done.
The exorcist was eerie but not really scary.
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Stephen King's IT. - Except for the ending it remains one of the more frightening films I've seen.
The Shining - Not the Cubrick version, but the made for channel 5 (uk) version. Close to the book and frightening.
Halloween - A classic
Rosemary's Baby
Jacob's Ladder
The Ring (both original and american remake)
The Descent
Event Horizon
Hellraiser
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The bad guy in that movie is the "ugliest" character I have ever seen in a movie. A true monster.
I am not saying the movie itself is superb, but I think it's worth watching just for the feel of the bad guy.
I would not watch it again. For some reason, I really felt close to the characters (victims).
28 Days later is a good zombie movie, imo it's not exactly "horror"
The Omen (the original)
It (holy shit, I really hate clowns)
Nightmare on Elm street (I was afraid to go to sleep after this)
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Oh yeah, 28 days later is another good one. Probably one of my fave movies.
As a bonus, watch it, and then see if you can find the PC (and xbox i think) video game that picks up where the movie left off.
The game is very well done, and very fucking scary if you play it alone with the lights off.
It has a trust/fear/insanity mechanic built in that forces you to manage your squad carefully.
If you take them through gore? They might start to get scared.
If you see a dead... thing.. dead human, or mess of a creature? They might start to go berserk/crazy/insnane.
If you don't complete objectives, don't help your squad, take on too much gore too soon, your squad may distrust you as leader and mutiny.
Did I mention that your squad runs the risk of thing infection/assimilation if you don't watch them at all times? Yeah, nothing like sneaking around in the dark, maybe getting hurt by a mysterious critter or object, then going to your medic for help. Only to have your medic suddenly erupt into tentacles and teeth and try to eat your face off.
It reminds me of the system shock 2... fear - ammo conservation, clautrophobia, suspense, disorientation.
I remember early in the game, just as I ran my squad into the burned out research station in antarctica and started exploring.
The first gory mess of what looked like a firefight and bloodbath made my entire team upset and uneasy.
Sgt. North, my gunner, initially told me at the mission start that he's "locked, loaded... and ready to make shit dead".
I figured he was a hard ass, and my least likely panic potential.
Well, he changed his tune pretty quick.
Sgt. North: (looking at the bloody mess) "Ohh, ohhhh man... what flavor of shit is that?"
He then proceeded to vomit all over himself and the floor.
I decided to take the fully automatic sub-machinegun away from Sgt. North, and gave him a pistol instead.
Was a dumb movie.
I'll need to check out Event Horizon. Sounds pretty cool.
When I went to go see Event Horizon in theaters, I purposely left out certain friends from my invite that I knew wouldn't like it, though I made sure they knew why. When my friends and I all met up, they had shown up pissed because I didn't invite them. Then they yelled at me as we were leaving the theater. I was not happy, but damn I loved that movie.
Some people think The Silence of the Lambs was really scary, although I think of it as a thirller really. Same goes for Se7en (dumb title design notwithstanding). Both were really good movies though.
I watched The Descent. Found it to be a good movie, but when you realized how weak the creatures were (though I guess it didn't matter) it kind of took the whole 'OMG' factor out of it.
House on Haunted Hill (barring the final 5-10 minutes) is a great movie. Some real nice mind fucks in that one.
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